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Mom of killer at Columbine gives interview
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 679981" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Before I had a Difficult Child, I was probably guilty of this. Saying, "What kind of parent's raised these kids?" Even after my son showed his true colors, and sometimes even still, I wonder myself, "What did I do wrong?" I think it's an ingrained response to think that the apple must not have fallen far from the tree.</p><p> </p><p>But mostly now I often feel as sorry for the parents of the perpetrators of these crimes as I do the parents of the victims. The perpetrators parents may just be victims too. Sure, some of the parents of the kids who do horrible things have ignored or abused the kids. But many, like this mother, just didn't see it. It wasn't that she didn't love him. It wasn't that she didn't try. It's that these kids are masters at hiding the anger and sickness that's simmering.</p><p> </p><p>Hell, I didn't know my kid was smoking pot and K2 in my own house. I would not have known if he'd had a carefully hidden gun or knife. We didn't search him. We trusted him right up until the day we couldn't trust him anymore.</p><p> </p><p>Then we tried trusting him again.</p><p> </p><p>I feel so sorry for the burden she bears every day of her life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 679981, member: 17309"] Before I had a Difficult Child, I was probably guilty of this. Saying, "What kind of parent's raised these kids?" Even after my son showed his true colors, and sometimes even still, I wonder myself, "What did I do wrong?" I think it's an ingrained response to think that the apple must not have fallen far from the tree. But mostly now I often feel as sorry for the parents of the perpetrators of these crimes as I do the parents of the victims. The perpetrators parents may just be victims too. Sure, some of the parents of the kids who do horrible things have ignored or abused the kids. But many, like this mother, just didn't see it. It wasn't that she didn't love him. It wasn't that she didn't try. It's that these kids are masters at hiding the anger and sickness that's simmering. Hell, I didn't know my kid was smoking pot and K2 in my own house. I would not have known if he'd had a carefully hidden gun or knife. We didn't search him. We trusted him right up until the day we couldn't trust him anymore. Then we tried trusting him again. I feel so sorry for the burden she bears every day of her life. [/QUOTE]
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